How to take two of something, and make one balanced one. . .

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Hantra

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If you have a DAC like the TubeDAC Kit or any other, what's the best way to take two of them, and make it balanced?



Is it possible just to come from the outputs into a transformer, or what will need to be changed?

I'm a total n00b, but I would like to try doing this.

Thanks,

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ctviggen

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Balanced in what way?  Do you mean to create a balanced output for your analog outputs?  I guess I'm a bit confused as to what you mean here:

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If you have a DAC like the TubeDAC Kit or any other, what's the best way to take two of them, and make it balanced?

JoshK

if it were a linestage it would be easier, put a phase splitter in front of the stage, use one stage for each phase and then possibly add another 1:1 transformer on the other end to ensure balance.  But in this case you don't have analog going in, you have digital SPDIF.  You can't put a phase splitter on a digital signal. 

There are ways to determine a balanced signal from multple dacs with one front end, but I'm afraid it is basically a whole redesign of the DAC.   If you really need a balanced out, you are better off getting a Lundahl line level transformer to split the signal. Basically take a 1674 or similar and wire it for 1:1+1 or 2:1+1.  This will set you back $200+ for the pair.  This may not be as advantageous as you hope, a lot depends on a lot of things in your system.